Comments on: Monica B. Playing Sonia G.? A Look At Director Jag Mundhra

By: Amardeep

Amardeep — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 06:10:30 +0000

Does anyone know anything about "Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema" by Ashish Rajadhyaksha? I've been looking for a good ref on Indian Cinema, and it sounds like this would be good. Also, the only edition available seems to be the revised 1999 edition...anyone know if and when a new one will be out?

I own it, it's a really good resource for hardcore Indian film freaks. No idea about the next edition, if there's going to be one.

The only problem with it is, they often don't indicate whether a film is likely to be available on DVD or not. Many, many films they talk about are essentially inaccessible unless you go to the film archives in Poona.

By: n parker

n parker — Sun, 04 Jun 2006 03:34:04 +0000

uhhh.. so wot’s “serious Hind film” about Vishkanya?

By: krishna

krishna — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 01:56:04 +0000

But people what about sonia's movie,no comments about it?????????????

I seriously hope Jag Mundhra makes a movie that would shame sonia gandhi and her followers..

By: Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema question

Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema question — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 00:13:23 +0000

Does anyone know anything about “Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema” by Ashish Rajadhyaksha? I’ve been looking for a good ref on Indian Cinema, and it sounds like this would be good. Also, the only edition available seems to be the revised 1999 edition…anyone know if and when a new one will be out?

Thank you much, and sorry for piling on to the post to ask a question…I DID try to find a film related post

By: Saheli

Saheli — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 09:47:59 +0000

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Don’t do it, Luce, don’t do it!!

By: on provocation

on provocation — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 23:57:37 +0000

I think in the U.S. each state handle BWS differently — in some states, it can be asserted as either a defense or used to “decrease” a charge (e.g. from 1st degree murder to voluntary manslaughter, which carries a lesser penalty) while in other states BWS cannot be used in court at all. As I understand it, BWS has never been sucessfully used to completely exonerate a woman from killing her abuser.

By: brown_fob

brown_fob — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 21:41:22 +0000

“slick thrillers”…that was classic.

By: Amardeep

Amardeep — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 21:32:19 +0000

I love the way IIT describes his filmic output without ever mentioning any of the titles of the U.S. films:

Jagmohandas Mundhra (Jag Mundhra) has been making films since 1980 and has directed twenty four feature films in the past twenty years. He has produced several of these films and many of them are based on his own stories. An engineering graduate from IIT Bombay, (B.Tech. honours in Electrical Engineering) Jag Mundhra went to the United States in 1968 for the MBA programme at Michigan State University. He stayed on to do his M.A. in Advertising and a Ph.D in Marketing from the same University. In 1973, he wrote his doctoral thesis on Â“Marketing of Motion PicturesÂ”.

For several years after his doctorate, Jag Mundhra was a professor at several prestigious Universities and Colleges in Southern California. During that period, he also owned and managed three cinema houses in Los Angeles. All through the time he taught marketing and advertising, he continued to study film making from various extension courses available in Southern California. He finally decided to take the plunge full time in film making in 1980, by quitting his job and selling his cinema houses. Since then, he has directed twenty features in English and four in Hindi. He has also shot pilots for TV shows, ad films and documentaries. Many of the features directed by Jag Mundhra have been very successful through out the world and his name has a niche following in the genre of slick thrillers. His output is eclectic; from horror films, crime thrillers, to police stories and social dramas.

Jag Mundhra has received critical acclaim and several awards for his sensitive and committed portrayal of true live stories in his film Â“KamlaÂ” and Â“BawandarÂ”.

"Slick thrillers"! That's rather suggestive phrasing.

By: brown_fob

brown_fob — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 21:24:04 +0000

did ya know Jag Mundra is IIT Bombay electrical engineering class of ’68. I think he even got a distinguished alumni award.

http://www.alumni.iitb.ac.in/dist_alu_2002.htm

Yes, he did win a distinguished alumni award in 2002.

By: Kenyandesi

Kenyandesi — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 20:57:28 +0000

incidently while the courts did expand what provocation could mean, and accepted the notion of cumulative provocation, Kiranjit won her appeal on grounds of diminished responsibility.*

*probably paraphrased from here. (I don't want a Kenyandesigate...)